The Film Forum will hold the SPIELBERG Festival of 20 summer blockbusters August 30 - September 12, 2024. Spielberg's theatrical feature directorial debut THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS will run in a new 4K restoration. The film stars Goldie Hawn and is the first collaboration with composer John Williams. Williams scored all but five of Spielberg's films since.
The series of 20 blockbusters will include JAWS, E.T. EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, JURASSIC PARK, INDIANA JONES, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SCHINDLER'S LIST and more.
The festival has been programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum Repertory Artistic Director.
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The following is the schedule of programmed public screenings:
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
U.S., 1981
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Alfred Molina
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas & Philip Kaufman
Music by John Williams
Approx. 115 mins. 4K DCP
Friday, August 30 at 12:30
Saturday, August 31 at 2:50
Saturday, September 7 at 12:30
Tuesday, September 10 at 3:10
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
U.S., 1977
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Music by John Williams
Approx. 135 mins. 4K DCP
Friday, August 30 at 3:10
Saturday, August 31 at 8:00
Monday, September 2 at 5:40
Tuesday, September 3 at 3:00
THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS
U.S., 1974
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson
Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond
Music by John Williams
Approx. 109 mins. 4K DCP Restoration
Friday, August 30 at 6:00
Saturday, August 31 at 12:30
Sunday, September 1 at 2:30
Tuesday, September 3 at 12:40
Wednesday, September 11 at 3:50
Thursday, September 12 at 12:30
DUEL
U.S., 1971
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dennis Weaver
Based on the short story by Richard Mathieson
Approx. 90 mins. 35mm
Friday, August 30 at 8:20
Sunday, September 1 at 12:30
Wednesday, September 4 at 6:00
Monday, September 9 at 9:00
Wednesday, September 11 at 9:20
JAWS
U.S., 1975
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton
Music by John Williams
Based on the novel by Peter Benchley
Approx. 124 mins. 35mm (3-D DCP on 9/2)
Saturday, August 31 at 5:20
Sunday, September 1 at 7:40
Monday, September 2 at 3:00 – in 3-D!
Tuesday, September 3 at 8:20
Thursday, September 5 at 12:30
Thursday, September 12 at 7:50
E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
U.S., 1982
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
Music by John Williams
Approx. 115 mins. 35mm
Monday, September 2 at 12:30
Wednesday, September 4 at 3:30
Thursday, September 5 at 6:00
Thursday, September 12 at 2:50
JURASSIC PARK
U.S., 1993
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Richard Attenborough, Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
Based on the novel by Micheal Crichton
Music by John Williams
Approx. 126 mins. 35mm
Sunday, September 1 at 4:50
Monday, September 2 at 8:30
Tuesday, September 3 at 5:45
Thursday, September 5 at 3:20
Thursday, September 12 at 5:10
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
U.S., 1987
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Based on the novel by J.G.Ballard
Music by John Williams
Approx. 153 mins. 4K DCP
Wednesday, September 4 at 12:30
Thursday, September 5 at 8:20
BRIDGE OF SPIES
U.S., 2015
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
Written by Matt Charman and Joel & Ethan Coen
Approx. 142 min. 4K DCP
Wednesday, September 4 at 8:00
Friday, September 6 at 12:30
SCHINDLER'S LIST
U.S., 1993
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 195 mins. 4K DCP
Friday, September 6 at 3:30
Sunday, September 8 at 3:30
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
U.S., 1998
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 169 mins. 4K DCP
Friday, September 6 at 7:15
Wednesday, September 11 at 12:30
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
U.S., 1984
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan
Story by George Lucas
Music by John Williams
Approx. 118 mins. 4K DCP
Saturday, September 7 at 3:00
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
U.S., 1989
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott
Music by John Williams
Approx. 127 mins. 4K DCP
Saturday, September 7 at 5:30
Tuesday, September 10 at 12:30
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
U.S., 2001
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Conner, Jude Law, Brendan Gleeson
Based on the short story by Brian Aldiss
Music by John Williams
Approx. 146 mins. DCP
Saturday, September 7 at 8:10
THE COLOR PURPLE
U.S., 1985
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Don Chong
Based on novel by Alice Walker
Music by Quincy Jones
Approx. 154 mins. 4K DCP
Sunday, September 8 at 12:30
Monday, September 9 at 3:00
1941
U.S., 1979
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Lorraine Gary, Toshiro Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams
Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Music by John Williams
Approx. 118 mins. DCP
Sunday, September 8 at 7:10
Monday, September 9 at 12:30
MINORITY REPORT
U.S., 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith
Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick
Music by John Williams
Approx. 145 mins. 35mm
Monday, September 9 at 6:00
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
U.S., 2002
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
Music by John Williams
Approx. 141 min. 4K DCP
Tuesday, September 10 at 5:35
MUNICH
U.S., 2005
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze
Screenplay by Eric Roth and Tony Kushner
Music by John Williams
Approx. 164 min. 4K DCP
Tuesday, September 10 at 8:35
AMISTAD
U.S., 1997
Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Morgan Freeman, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by John Williams
Approx. 155 mins. 4K DCP
Wednesday, September 11 at 6:20